Research Security Training and Certification

Research Security Training Requirements

Research Security training is applicable to Purdue faculty and eligible PIs as well as staff, students and others involved in research-related activities. Purdue’s research security training can be accessed and completed here. Personnel must also complete a certification as to whether or not they are participating a malign foreign talent recruitment program.

There is also federal research security training that we encourage you to review here.

Research Security Certification Requirement

The CHIPS and Science Act prohibits “covered individuals” from participating in a federally funded research and development project if they are currently participating in a “malign foreign talent recruitment program.”

It also requires covered individuals to disclose if they are a party to any foreign talent recruitment program, and to certify that they are not a party to a malign foreign talent recruitment program.

It further states that that federal research agencies may request supporting documentation from applicants, and take a range of funding-related actions if warranted.

Recipient institutions are required to prohibit covered individuals participating in malign foreign talent recruitment programs from working on projects supported by research and development awards.

A “covered individual” is “an individual who:

• (A) contributes in a substantive, meaningful way to the scientific development or execution of a research and development project proposed to be carried out with a research and development award from a Federal research agency; and
• (B) is designated as a covered individual by the Federal research agency concerned.”

Researchers applying for NSF or DoD federal funding are required to certify that they are not a participant in a Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program during proposal submission.

Purdue’s Research Security Program policy describes the University’s efforts to comply with applicable laws, regulations and guidelines that govern research security.